‘Shared vision’ brings Hecklinski to become Goshen’s next football coach

Jan. 4—GOSHEN — The RedHawks look to have found their next head football coach.

After Goshen Community Schools announced Wednesday afternoon that Joseph Hecklinski would become the next head football coach at Goshen High School pending an approval from the school board at the upcoming Monday meeting, the northern Indiana native echoed his appreciation for this next path of his.

“My wife Sarah and I are from that area and have pretty deep roots in northern Indiana, so I’m excited to get back up there and be closer to family,” Hecklinski said Thursday. “It’s really a dream scenario with Goshen.”

Talking about the positives of being able to spend more time with family and moving back to a familiar area, Hecklinski also sees a light shining on what Goshen football can be restored to.

“I think there is a great setup to be successful even though they haven’t been necessarily in the past,” Hecklinski said, giving credit to athletic director Jim Pickard and Superintendent Jim DuBois for making Goshen look like “such an appealing place.”

“They have a great group of administrators that share the same vision as I have to be successful,” he said.

That vision is what made Goshen seem like a perfect match for the coach with 10-years of college experience.

Hecklinski talks about growing up around coaches. His cousin coached at the collegiate level and his uncle spent years coaching basketball at Anderson before retiring at Mishawaka. Hecklinski himself coached at Marian University after his playing career with the Knights, which saw him lead them to a NAIA title in 2012.

Following his playing career, Hecklinski made stops at Manchester (2014), Marian (2015-16), Butler (2017-18) and Ball State (2019-2023). His time in Muncie involved him wearing several hats, coaching quarterbacks, running backs and being the sole recruiting…

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Author : Goshen News, Ind.

Publish date : 2024-01-05 03:17:00

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